Newest indoor enclosure

[RosieRedfoot]

Rosie was living in a plastic tote bin after moving and so I decided we needed to make her something larger. She's about 5 years old and will eventually be living outside when we get a fence installed.

Anyway, about the enclosure:

It's about 31" by 62" and 24" tall. The one side has a 40watt bulb for basking and a 5.0 uvb reptisun tube bulb. The other side has no added light but plenty of moss, plants (fake and real) and her water saucer.

Substrate is peat moss with cypress on top and sheets of moss in various places.

It stays about 82F and 80-85% humidity. The basking spot is 88-95F and the cooler side is about 78-80F.

Whole thing


Warmer bright side


Cooler jungly side


Rosie hiding in the mossy log

 

[Octavious22]

nice job on the enclosure

 

[RosieRedfoot]

Thanks! She's enjoying it as well.

 

[lismar79]

Very pretty!

 

[pfara]

That's a pretty cool looking enclosure! I wish they made logs like yours for bigger reds. I have to tie two jumbo cork flats together just so my biggest girl can snugly fit in. Awesome job

 

[RosieRedfoot]

Thanks! Yeah, when she's larger she'll be outside with real logs. I had no luck keeping even the tortoise half-log hides from molding so quickly.

She's really seeming to enjoy it. She used to always be tromping about and climbing the walls but now she mainly sits on the warm side during the day, stretches, does some laps, tastes her plants, destroys the decor, then burrows down in the moss lying in wait to be fed.

She was basking today and I swear she likes watching us as much as we enjoy watching her. She doesn't seem stressed by the clear front but she does follow you as you walk by.

 

[Scute Mob]

What do you use as your heat source during the night time? I am new about will be getting my first Redfoot within the next few weeks and am just figuring it all out, so I'm looking for ideas!

 

[RosieRedfoot]

Right now I don't have a night heat source. The house only drops to 76 at night and her enclosure stays about 78-80. When winter hits I'll have a CHE in there as well.